There were some fantastic goals last week, which might explain why the poll results ended up being so excruciatingly close.

It ended up being a three horse race between Atlanta Thrashers rookie Alexander Burmistrov (the winner), funny last named Philadelphia Flyers forward Andreas Nodl and Detroit Red Wings maestro Henrik Zetterberg.

Burmistrov scored a beautiful – if somewhat inconsequential – goal against the Washington Capitals. Nodl employed a spin-o-rama for his outstanding entry. Meanwhile, Pavel Datsyuk played a huge role in Zetterberg’s goal, which tied a game the Red Wings would later win against the Calgary Flames.

Anyway, let’s take a look at just how close the voting ended up being.

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As you can see, Burmistrov earned one more vote than Nodl and two more than Zetterberg.